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Went for a walk today to Birkacre and met a falconer with 2 of his Harris Hawks C+C Welcome

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Dave
 
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Nice pair Dave (y)
the top one does look a tad purple to me though
 
Thanks guys yeh it does seem purple the first one, shame we were in deep wooded area and real bad light,

woot he asked me to take some images and he'll pay for them well chuffed, he dint want any of that bird as it was on a creole, he has another bird and he said he could let it free and it follows him good stuff heres the route unbelievable Clicky Link

Thats 3 and a 1/2 miles

Dave
 
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Yep they are good fun Dave and a well trained one will follow you like
a dog but through the trees rather than the ground
BTW that's Creance not creole (y)
 
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Yep they are good fun Dave and a well trained one will follow you like
a dog but through the trees rather than the ground
BTW that's Creance not creole (y)
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Thanks Chris must be hungry thinking creole :LOL:

cany wait for next Saturday should be real good fun (y)

BTW that was hand held at 500mm so I know its not the best, gonna nifty it close up (y)

It wighs 2.8 LB so its a big female bird
 
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Just Dave said:
Thanks Chris must be hungry thinking creole :LOL:

cany wait for next Saturday should be real good fun (y)

BTW that was hand held at 500mm so I know its not the best, gonna nifty it close up (y)

It wighs 2.8 LB so its a big female bird
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Thats pretty good for hand held at 500mm, Dave (y)

If that is a true hunting or even response weight that is a big bird!
Largish females usually hunt at around 2lb.2oz - 2lb 4oz
the largest female that I had
hunted at 2lb 7oz at 2lb 8oz she got "lazy"
Have fun! I am sure that you will (y)
 
Thanks Chris, not sure what its hunting weight is, I get more info off him next Saturday, when hes flying them he asked me how much I wanted for the photos, not sure how much to charge him, so any advice would be good as to what is resonable
 
Just Dave said:
, when hes flying them he asked me how much I wanted for the photos, not sure how much to charge him, so any advice would be good as to what is resonable
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Tough call, a hunting day with hawks will cost around £100 to fly your own hawk
if you fancy that why not suggest a trade?
I am not good at pricing as I rarely sell anything
maybe £25-£50 for a disc (25-50) of images?

Not trying to teach you to suck eggs and I have no idea
what your experience of moving birds are but
BOP's are a real pain in the ass to shoot especially when flying
here's a little something I wrote awhile ago
maybe it will help a little


"Even the "hawks" Harris's etc don't look as they are moving that fast
but just think for a minute they catch rabbits and I guess you know how fast a rabbit can move!
You best bet is if you can get them coming straight at you then a shutter speed of around 1/500th should be OK,
but if they are side on then you are looking at 1/500th -1/1000th

The long wings ie peregrines saker's lanners etc
if they are being stooped to the lure ( which is fairly normal in display situations)
are going to be moving at 80+ mph. Peregrines will easily "stoop" at well over100mph.
Around 1/1000th will be necessary to freeze these otherwise you
will just get a blur even if you are good a panning
( I have no idea if you are or not, sorry)

They are not like taking pictures of cars around a track,
they move in 3D as it were, they have the air
to manoeuvre around. However they can be predictable.

I have been flying birds of prey for years and taking images of them
for only about 3 years.
I still get it wrong ( quite drastically sometimes )
and I can usually predict where they are going next.


Follow the lure, ( that Will be swung in a predictable arc,)
at some point the longwing will return to that, and as it does it will usually
be low and possibly coming out of the sun ( they do that )
The falconer will then pull it "in" and the bird will usually come in "quite low" and pass close to the falconer at about waist / knee height
once struck ( or bound to) ( usually at the top of the lure arc ) the display falconer should let it fall, and the bird
will come to earth.

For the hawks ( and owls) they are usually flown from a post ( or tree)
back to the falconers glove,
so again, focus on the glove
or the pole and spray and pray"

I hope that helps anything else just yell

Here is a few I made earlier
#1 was at 1/800th and there is still blur to the wing tips ( unintentional)
the hover was at 1/1000th
and IIRC the rest at 1/500th

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=102715&highlight=flight
 
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